Button-hole strip



(No Model.)

J. H. HAVILAND 80 T. A. MITCHELL.

BUTTON HOLE STRIP.

Patented Aug. 5, 1890'.

UNITED STATES PATENT JOSEPH H. HAVILAND AND TRUMAN A. MITCHELL, OF W'EEDSPORT, YORK.

BUTTON-HOLE STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,863, dated August 5, 1890.

Application filed December 23, 1839. Serial No. 334,756. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J OSEPH H. HAVILAND; and TRUMAN A. MITcHELL, citizens of the United States, residing at WVeedsport, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Button-Hole Strips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a novel, simple, durable, and economical button-hole strip for attachment to articles of wearingapparel, such as corsets, waists, and heavy garments.

The invention also has for its object to im- I prove, strengthen, and render more durable that type of button-hole strips wherein acord is bent into loops and secured to a base-piece, so that the loops project. at intervals and form the button-holes.

To accomplish these objects our invention consists in the features of construction and the combination or arrangement of parts, hereinafter described in detail, and specifically set forth in the claims, reference being 2 5 made to the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure l is a broken perspective view showing a portion of our improved button-hole strip. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the looped cord, the longitudinal flexible stay, and the attaching-tabs; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the complete buttonhole strip.

In order to enable those skilled in the art 5 to make and use our invention, we will now describe the same in detail, referring to the drawings, where the numerals 1 and 2 indicate the inner and outer plies of what we term a base-piece, that can be formed with orbe attached to a corset, waist, or other garment.

The button-holes are formed by an inelastic braided cord bent at intervals into loops 3, with the longitudinal portions 4. embraced by tabs 5, each composed of a piece of textile 5 material folded upon itself, with a longitudinal portion 4. of the cord arranged between the folded parts along the folding-line. The tabs 5 are placed between theinner and outer plies 1 and 2 of the base-piece, and the whole united by lines of stitches 6 and 7, thereby leaving the button-holes projecting laterally in the form of loops. A longitudinal flexible stay 8 extends continuously along the entire. length of the button-hole strip'through the outer extremities 9 of all the loops in such manner that the straining pull thereupon when buttoned is in a measure distributed upon and resisted or borne by the stay, giving the article considerable strength and rendering it durable and efficient. It is desirable to cover and conceal the longitudinal flexible stay, and also to retain it within theouter ends of the loops, through'which the stay passes, and to accomplish these purposes we apply a longitudinal binding 10, composed, as here show-n, of a strip of textile or other material folded around the stay to inclose it. and lie under and over the outer ends of the loops. The folded tabs 5 are coextensive in Width with the longitudinal portionsaof the looped 7o cord, for the purpose of strengthening the article and aiding to preserve the looped form of the cord. A tab 5, folded as described, embraces the cord between every pair of loops;

but none of these tabs are exposed to view,

since they are stitched between and covered by the two plies of the base-piece.

The longitudinal flexible stay may be composed of any material which will fulfill the conditions required but We havesatisfactorily made the stay of a core-piece 12 of whalebone, inclosed within a textile or similar casing 13, as shown in Fig. 1. We do not, however, confine ourselves to whalebone, although a resilient material is preferred. The 8 space between every pair of loops and the adjacent edges of the binding 10 and base-piece is unobstructed and open in contradistinction to being filled with separate pieces of textile material. o

- The open spaces and other features shown and described render our article very eco nomical in construction, and provides for the desired flexibility of all the parts, which is so important to produce a satisfactory and 5 desirable button-hole strip.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is- 1. A button-hole strip consisting of a basepiece, a cord connected thereto and bent at I00 ing and concealing the longitudinal stay and retaining it in the outer extremities of the loops, substantially as described.

3. A button-hole strip consisting of a basepiece, a cord connected thereto and bent at intervals into loops, a longitudinal flexible stay composed of a core incased by a covering of fabric and extending continuously through the outer extremities of allthe loops, and a binding-strip lying under and over the loops inclosing and concealing the stay and retaining it in the outer extremities of the loops, substantially as described.

4. A button-hole strip consisting of two superimposed layers forming a base-piece, a cord bent at intervals intoloops, an independent tab located between each pair of loops and composed of a strip of material folded on itself, embracing the cord between said pair of loops and having its two extremities interposed between the two layers of the base-piece,and a continuous connection between the outer extremities of the loops to preserve them in proper position for Buttoning, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have aflixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH I-I. HAVILAND. TRUMAN A. MITCHELL. Witnesses:

F. M. MACK, D. S. WRIGHT. 

